Tech Reflect Log

9/16/2016

This week we met with our TA, Kjartan to discuss our teams projects & goals. We decided on various aspects of our two-way mirror. Next week we will look into ordering parts and figuring out the main displays we would like to create. Learning python will be critical in order to use Raspberry Pi.

9/23/2016

This week we met again with our TA, Kjartan to further better our project proposal which needed to provide more specificity in regards as to where we wanted to take the project. We decided on focusing on creating three displays on our two-way mirror: A calendar, weather, and stock display that will be connected wirelessly and updated by a cell phone. We also made some progress on the physical design of the case that will house our two-way mirror. The last part of the the week consisted of creating a more detailed budget with relative parts which we will be ordering for our project.

9/30/2016

This week we made a major step in progress as we ordered the main components of our project. We essentially bought everything except the physical housing for the two-way mirror. We also updated our budget to reflect some minor changes. We did move one part of our component of our Gantt Chart, regarding connecting the Raspberry Pi to the phone a week earlier before our first meeting and evaluation. Kjartan gave us the Raspberry Pi and WiFi connector and we plan on meeting tomorrow as well as a team to work on more coding and connecting. We expect to get the parts next week and look forward to begin coding the weather feature!